No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.

We never get to love by hate, least of all by self-hatred.

Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries and many would never try if they were not forced to.

History is indeed more than the register of crime, folilies and misfortune of mankind.

Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason.

Yep, that's me. I know. I know. You're humbled I'm here, feel like throwing rose petals at my feet, blah, blah, blah. No need, though. Just try and think of me as a normal guy -William

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.

In all my work there's this notion of the melancholic. You can make a photograph about the sublime, but you can't make the sublime itself.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

A bullfighter must have courage, skill, and grace. And of these courage is the most important.

I use visual perception as a way of bringing people into my space.

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.